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The Boy Patriot

Edward Sylvester Ellis

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. . .The garments that had been starched and ironed with such scrupulous care were scattered along the wharf, and trampled under the feet of the thoughtless young mob. The old washerwoman on whose errand Hal had been sent forth, was too indignant at the destruction which had befallen her handiwork, to give one kindly thought to the poor boy who had so honorably striven to spare her the misfortune over which she lamented so dolorously. Her Sunday thoughts26 strayed far more frequently to the dingy, stained garments soaking in her back kitchen, than to Hal Hutchings, quietly lying in Mrs. Robertson's best bedroom.

"I wonder no one comes to inquire after him. Has he no friends, Blair?" said Mrs. Robertson as evening was drawing on.

"I dare say not, mother. I never saw him with anybody. He does errands round town, and has been sleeping at Mrs. McKinstry's, the washerwoman's. He didn't take his meals there, I know, for I've seen him eating bread and cheese in some. . . Read More

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- Alice - Apr 21, 2015

Patriotism, Christianity and high Morals

Written in 1863, the style is emotional Victorian with strong moral values. The boy in the story, Blair, is holding forth to his friends about the evil British prior to the war of 1812, when a English boy walks past the group. There is a British Boy, he points

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